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what happens when mcvay and snead simply disagree about a player as often happens in real life? lets say snead ranks player A #1 and mcvay ranks the same player #10. they compromise on #5. when the draft occurs, player A is on the board and snead is ready to pull the trigger, but mcvay really wants player B because mcvay still thinks Player B is better than Player A. Who makes the choice? IMO someone needs to have ultimate authority to pull the trigger because disagreements over players are inevitable. I dont mean it needs to be acrimonious. just good- natured disagreements.

I love good-natured disagreements, PHD.

Honestly, I don’t think your scenario is possible because the Snead/McVay/ asst Coach, and scout braintrust has already stacked the board. Unless a trade opportunity presents itself or the Rams have already earlier taken that position, their course is pre-determined and they follow their board. And even if they’ve already taken a player at that position earlier, they might pull the trigger, anyway. Evans and Edwards illustrate that from just this last draft.

But if all else fails, I suspect that Snead now makes the final call.

As a group they run through multiple scenarios before the draft. What if this guy is gone? What if that guy is gone? They are very adamant about doing that. If you listen to Snead it's one of his big topics every where---running through scenarios. If this happens, and this happens, and these 3 guys are there, what do we do? That whole approach reduces surprises.

Any disputes about where to rank a guy happens when they stack the board, before the draft. And it's not just McVay and Snead weighing in. "Final say" in that situation is a technicality. It's an on paper thing. Because if you work toward consensus, the consensus is more important than any one person's preferences. Besides, Snead is going to listen to McVay, Kromer, and Wade.